#42D98B#42D98B

#42D98B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.169 H 156.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D98B
RGBrgb(66, 217, 139)
HSLhsl(149, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(149, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 35.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.66, -56.92, 27.27)
CIE-LCHlch(77.66, 63.11, 154.40°)
OKLaboklab(78.79% -0.154 0.0684)
OKLCHoklch(78.79% 0.169 156)
XYZxyz(31.7169, 52.6445, 32.9110)
Luminance0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D98B #D94290
analogous
#44D942 #42D98B #42D9D7
triadic
#42D98B #8B42D9 #D98B42
tetradic
#42D98B #4244D9 #D94290 #D9D742
square
#42D98B #4244D9 #D94290 #D9D742
split-complementary
#42D98B #D742D9 #D94244
monochromatic
#1B864F #25B96C #42D98B #75E3AA #A8EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#42D98B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53
#42D98B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D98B
11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D98B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D98B1.001.8211.5311.53
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5321.001.001.00
##00000011.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C886
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5BB90
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.169 156.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6ad',
    500: '#42d98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d98b;
$custom-light: #89e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.007,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 156
  },
  "luminance": 0.52648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D98B
secondary
#8C3361
accent
#3E97E9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF7
border
#CED5D0
text
#0D1610
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#42D98B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva